The reigning WorldSBK ch❀ampion, 💦who showed pace throughout the weekend, lost out in race one after a small mistake cost him drive coming onto the start-finish straight. 

However, that race was more about Alvaro𒈔 Bautista using his Ducati’s incredible top speed to blas🦹t past the Yamaha rider and extend his title lead. 

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But come the Superpole race, the final lap was much more about Razgatlioglu makꦯing a crucial error than a🌺nything else. 

The Turkish star pulled out a gap🍸 of around one second of Jonathan Rea before losing the front at turn 10. 

After pulling off a stunning ‘𝐆save’, Razgatlioglu saw Rea cut to the inside which then turned into the outside for turn 11. 

And with the Kawasaki rider able to generate🐷 better drive coming out of turn 13, the Pata Yamaha man finished a frustrat🧜ing second. 

‘I’m always watching Marc Marquez’ 

Speaking about his near crash, Razgatlioglu pointed to luck being a big factor: "Always in Turkey at Kenan’s [Sofuoglu] track we are training. Sometimes we lose the front.&nbs🌊p;

"Normally we 🥂don’t crash, maybe sometimes we do ꧑crash because of slow corners but we are able to pick up the bike, and also the chicane [Estoril] is a very slow corner. 

"This time it was not easy because of the heavy bike൲, but I’m very lucky and happy for this [‘save’] because ไI didn’t crash and second position, a podium, we took good points, so I’m happy for this. 

"I’m always watching Marc Marquez, it’s the same style! I remember 2020 at Jerez,ꦗ I tried ⛄to pick up the bike but I couldn’t, so I had a small crash. However, today I said, ‘I need to pick it up!’ because I’m fighting!"

Razgatlioglu out of the fight in WorldSBK race two

Attempting to make it third time 💃lucky at a circuit he would have a📖nticipated winning at, Razgatlioglu was surprisingly subdued in race two. 

The reason… a lack of rear grip around mid-r൲ace distance: "Race two we started good and I could fꦕollow Jonny [Rea] and save the rear tyre for the last laps, but I’m not happy because after ten laps I feel spin. 

"In the last corner I had a big gap and I tried to catch him again, but in the 💖last corner I again feel a lot of spinning. I’m not really happy because in this race I’m not fighting for the win, I’m just fighting for the third position. Anyway, we take good poi𒁏nts."